Adam Boynton

1831 Mayfair Drive NE

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Phone # 616.260.4020

Web page: http://www.adamboynton.com

Email: boynty77@gmail.com

Job Objective

Obtain a challenging position in information technology that will best utilize my expertise and ability.  

This position should have many opportunities for an aggressive, dedicated individual with the leadership abilities needed to advance.

Education

Central Michigan University

·       Masters of Science

·       Currently Enrolled

Western Michigan University

·       B.S. in Computer Information Systems - 12/2001

·       B.S. in Marketing-04/2001

·       Minor in General Business

·       Minor in Management

Employment History

Tri County Area Schools

Director of Technology

Sand Lake, MI

12/01 to Current

·       Responsible for 14 Windows 2000 & 2003 Servers and 5 FreeBSD Servers with over 2700 end users

·       Direct all purchases related to technology for the entire school district

·       Implement and install all new technologies across the school district

·       Oversee and maintain over 700 desktop computers running Windows 98, Windows 2000 & XP

·       Administrator to school's web server running FreeBSD 6.1 with Apache 2

·       Train and assist staff with new and existing software and hardware technologies

·       Design and build all new servers and computer systems

·       Manage both desktop and server disaster recovery and updates/patches

Gordon Food Service

Network Group Intern/network engineer

Grand Rapids, MI

5/01 to 1/02

·       Configured, installed and removed routers & switches, hubs, modems, and terminal adapters

·       Cable assembly, installation and manipulation

·       Updated and created network documentation

·       Developed and deployed department Intranet web pages for Network, Internet Service and Administrative groups

·       Created an Oracle database with Java web interface for the

·       Network Department’s reference and support documents

Blackmer Inc.

Marketing Intern

Grand Rapids, MI

6/00-10/00

·       Created and maintained Microsoft Access databases of literature and suppliers

·       Created press releases for public and internal viewing

·       Proofed and updated product literature

Consulting/Computer Building Business www.boyntontech.com

Owner

Kalamazoo & Grand Rapids, Michigan

8/99-Current

·       Assemble and repair computer systems

·       Configure and install customer software

·       Meet with customers to determine needs and requirements for computer system(s)

·       Handle all technical support and troubleshooting questions

Computer Experience

Server Platforms

·       Windows 2003 server-2 years

·       Windows 2000 server-5 years

·       Windows NT-6 years

·       Redhat Linux-6 years

·       Ubuntu Linux-1 year

·       FreeBSD-4 years

·       I-Mail mail server-4 years

·       Microsoft Exchange Server-1 year

Desktop Platforms

·       Windows XP Professional/XP Home-4 year

·       Windows 2000-6 years

·       Windows 98SE/98/95-7 years

·       Redhat Linux/Fedora-5 years

·       Ubuntu Linux-1 year

·       Debian Linux-1 year

·       Suse Linux-3 years

Networking

·       3 Com Superstack switches-5 years

·       HP Pro-curve switches-4 years

·       3 Com Office Connect routers-4 years

·       Cisco Routers-3 years

Firewall Systems

·       Astaro Linux 4.0-3 years

·       Mandrake MNF-1 year

·       Smoothwall Linux 2.0-3 years

·       Microsoft ISA Server-2 years

Programming/Scripting

·       Kixstart-5 years

·       Visual Basic script-4 years

·       HTML-7 years

·       Javascript-2 years

·       PHP-2 years

Interests and Activities

·       Member of IEEE Society

·       Alumni member of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity

·       USPSA/IPSC shooting

·       Mountain Biking